stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
power; might; authority; influence
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
fluent (in a language); flowing
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
adds force or indicates command
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
measurement error; calculation error
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to crack; to develop a crack
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
normalcy; normality; normal
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave